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I know a teen with the name

I know a boy named Payne, he's probably around 16. Surely it's a family surname, but still, why not put it in the middle name slot? It's still by far better than Cutter.

The first things I actually thought:
Like Payne from FFX-2? (Oh wait, it's Paine, anyway)
Like that game, Max Payne?

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But then I tied it to "windowpane" and "paint" rather than the obvious pain, for some reason, and I actually think it has a neat artsy feel to it.

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But because of the obvious homonym, I wouldn't recommend anyone use it as a fn!

There used to be a character named Payne on the tv show Designing Women in the 80's. His mother jokingly said it was because she was in labor with him so long & that is all she could think of.
I didn't like the name then & still don't.

It's awful, I mean it sounds exactly like the word "pain". Horrible :S

Always is reminiscent of window panes for me.

If it were a surname, it should have been used in the middle. I know people have the last name Sloughter (same prn as slaughter), would people use that as a first name just to honor too?

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I wouldn't want to be names something with the exact sound as the word pain.

"You're a pain!" will always be said of him, truthfully.
Yuk!

If it's a family name, then it's fine - isn't there a golfer called Payne Someone, Stewart or Randall or something? But I can't imagine parents picking it for its sound or meaning!

Wow. That's awful. What is with parents lacking common sense lately?

Darling little Payne will feel Pain when he's a teenager.

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